Attachment for washboilers.



P. BELODEAU & L. TRUDEAU.

ATTACHMENT FOR WASHBOILERS.

APILIOATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.,

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PETER BELODEAU AND LOUIS TRUDEAU, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATTACHMENT FOR WASHBOILERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24:, 1911.

Application filed. May 28, 1910. Serial No. 563,905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETER BELODEAU and LOUlS Tnconan, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Pittsfield, county of Berkshire, and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for WVashboilers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a central, vertical, longitudinal section ofa wash-boiler provided with our improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a view inperspective on a larger scale, showing one end of the boiler with theshaft-supporting bracket mounted thereupon. Fig. 3 is a similar view ofthe bracket detached.

The principal object of the invention is to facilitate the use inconnection with an ordinary wash-boiler, of a clothes-containing basketand a Windlass for raising and lowering the basket.

Referring to the drawing wherein the invention is shown in preferredform, 1, represents an ordinary wash-boiler having at opposite endsoffset handles, 2; and, 3, an openwork basket adapted to be lowered intothe boiler and raised therefrom by cords, l, attached to theWindlass-shaft, 5, which shaft is rotatively mounted in hearings in theupper ends of a pair of brackets, 6, and adapted to be rotated by meansof a crankhandle 7.

The bearings for the shaft, 5, are preferably formed by open slots, 8,in the upper ends of the respective brackets, 6, so that the shaft canbe readily inserted in and removed from said bearings.

The principal feature of the invention relates to the manner ofremovably mounting the brackets, 6, upon the boiler. Each of saidbrackets is preferably formed of heavy resilient sheet-metal, andbifurcated at the lower end forming a slit, 9, adapted to receive theoffset end of one of the handles, 2, of the boiler, as shown in Fig. 2.On one side of said slit, 9, the bracket has a depending leg, 10,adapted to bear upon the outer side of the end of the boiler. On theinner side of said slit, 9, said bracket has a leg, 11, the end of whichis turned upward to make a U-shaped bend, the U-shaped leg thus formedbeing adapted to fit tightly between the body of the wash-boiler and thegrip of the handle, 2, and to frictionally engage both to retain thebracket in position. The brackets can be thus applied by forcing eachdown over an end-wall of one of the handles to the limit permitted bythe slit 9.

The bracket neighboring handle, 7, has mounted thereupon a wire hook,12, adapted to engage the crank-arm of the handle and prevent backwardrotation of the same, and of the shaft, 5, thus serving to support theraised basket to facilitate filling and emptying the same.

lVe have shown the brackets, 6, made of sheet-metal, but they may bemade of any desired material.

WVe are aware that detachable brackets have been used in connection withwashboilers either to rest loosely upon the top edge of the boiler or tofit a specially designed socket on the side of the boiler, and Eve makeno claim broadly to such construc- It is characteristic of our inventionthat the bracket can be applied to an ordinary boiler with a sheet-metalloop-handle, which, when occupying the slit in the bracket, steadies thebracket in one direction, while the flat outer leg and the U- shapedinner leg wedged between the handle and the body of the boiler steadythe bracket in another direction at right angles.

thereto.

lVhat we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-- 1. Thecombination with the body of a wash-boiler; and an offsettingsheet-metal handle thereon; of a shaft-supporting bracket provided inits upper end with a shaft-bearing, and having at its other end a pairof legs, with a slit there-between adapted to receive the offset end ofsaid handle and of a width corresponding to the thickness of said sheetmetal, one of said legs being adapted to bear upon the body of theboiler outside of said handle, and the other being bent to U-form andadapted to wedge tightly between the body of the boiler and the grip ofsaid handle.

2. The combination with the body of a wash-boiler; and a pair ofoffsetting sheet the crankmetal handles thereon; of a pair of shaftsupporting brackets each provided in its upper end With a shaft-bearing,and having at its other end a pair oflegs, With a slit there-betweenadapted to receive the offset end of one of said handles and of a Widthcorresponding to the thickness of said sheet metal, one of said legsbeing adapted to bear upon the body of the boiler outside of saidhandle, and the other being bentto U-forni and adapted to Wedge tightlybetween the body of the boiler and the grip of said handle; aWindlass-shaft rotatively mounted in said bearings in the upper ends ofsaid brackets; an openwork basket adapted 15 to be raised and loweredWithin said boiler; cords connecting said basket With saidWindlass-shaft; a crank-handle on said shaft; and a hook mounted uponone of said brackets and movable into and out of engagement with saidcrank-handle.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto set our hands this 24th day ofMay, 1910. PETER BELODEAU. LOUIS TRUDEAU.

\Vitnesses FRED. BOURASSA, IRVING Coo

